Pioneer Women Hall of Fame

MAAS, Mientje Adriana Anthonius Septimus

Born 1923

Also known as: Miki, Mikie

Member of the Dutch Underground Resistance Movement during World War II.
Engaged by Dutch Government to entertain troops in Dutch East Indies (Indonesia).
Met and married husband, Max,…

MAC KILLOP, Mary Helen

Born 15/1/1842, Died 8/8/1909

17 Oct 2010 - Australia's first Catholic saint - Saint Mary MacKillop of the Cross - Canonized in Vatican City by Pope Benedict XVI.
2001 Victorian Honour Roll of Women. n 1867…

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MAC KNIGHT, Ella Annie Noble

Born 1904, Died 1/4/1997

30 Nov 1929 - One of the first women to gain flying licence in Victoria.
First woman to serve on Australian Regional Council and also first female Australian president awarded Order of…

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MACARTHUR-ONSLOW, Eliza Elizabeth

Born 8/5/1840, Died 2/8/1911

Also known as: née MacArthur

Founded co-operative dairy and creamery for sharefarmers on “Camden Park.”
Planted Mulberry trees to establish silk growing industry for farmer's daughters on “Camden Park…

MACARTHUR, Elizabeth

Born 14/8/1766, Died 9/2/1850

Also known as: née Veale

Co-Founder of the Australian Wool Industry. With husband John, established “Elizabeth Farm” at Parramatta, Sydney, New South Wales.Imported merino sheep from Cape o Good Hope; made…

MACARTHUR, Emily

Born 26/2/1806, Died 27/11/1880

Also known as: née Stone, E. M. Fecit, Amelia MacArthur, Amelia Stone, Emily Stone

Wife of James MacArthur (son of Elizabeth and John Macarthur). Continued work on “Camden Park” with husband.
Taught farm children (free and convict) at school established by William…

MACCORMAC, Joan

Also known as: née Waterton

Written on the back of the drawing: Short-term member.

MACDONALD, Louisa

Born 10/12/1858, Died 28/11/1949

1891 - First female principal of the New Women's College, University of Sydney. (Chosen from 65 applicants.)
1907 - Was first woman, albeit defeated, to stand for University…

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MACDONALD, Maxine

Also known as: née Darrow, Mrs Mac

The driving force behind the Kimberley's Fossil Downs Station. When her husband Bill died in 1963, she carried on singlehandedly managing the station. Before marriage, was a…

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MACFARRELL, Elizabeth

1846 - First woman newspaper editor in Australia, Perth Gazette.

MACK, Frances

Born 1922

Also known as: née Rowe

Pioneer of Victoria and New South Wales during The Depression and war years.

MACK, Marie Louise Hamilton

Born 10/10/1870, Died 23/11/1935

Also known as: née Mack, registered as Mary Louisa, Louise Creed, Gouli Gouli, Louise Leyland, Mary Mack

1914 - First woman war correspondent, Belgium, reporting for the Evening News and the Daily Mail. Late 1880s - Contributor to The Bulletin, an Australian magazine, Sydney.1896 - Novel…

MACKELLAR, Isobel Marion Dorothea

Born 1/7/1885, Died 1968

Also known as: Dorothea

Author the poem “My Country” and others including “The Closed Door,”, “The Witch Maid,” “Dream Harbour,” and “Fancy Dress.” Also wrote novels such as “Outlaws Luck,” “The Little Blue…

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MACKENZIE, E. J. M.

1876 - First female Superintendent of Children's Hospital, King William Street, Adelaide South Australia.

MACKENZIE, Evelyn Beatrice

Also known as: Eveline

1894 - Won the first Australian women's golf championship - Geelong, Victoria. 1895, 1896, 1898 - She won the state champion.

MACKENZIE, Myra

Born 1881, Died 1969

Also known as: née Rendle

1899 - First qualified female dentist in Queensland (practicing Brisbane 1899, registered 1903).

MACKERETH, Sarah Ann

Born 1819, Died 1882

Also known as: née O’Brien

Pioneer of South Australia and Mount Lofty Range District.

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MACKINNON, Babs

2004 - Received Order of Australia, for her contribution to Australian Entertainment. Part of “The Musical Macks” (from age 2) - family entertainment at stage shows in Sydney.Sang on…

MACKINNON, Gracemary

Born 1911, Died 20/12/1994

Executive and Public Servant. 1940 - secretary to Australian Wool Board Secretariat; 1961 until retirement in 1971 - secretary to International Wool Secretariat; 1 of only 3 women…

MACKINNON, Mary Jane

Born 05/02/1881, Died 19/09/1964

Also known as: née Walsh, Jane

Wife of a drover and stock dealer. Lived at Government Bore on Charlotte Waters Telegraph Station where husband supplied water for camel trains between Maree and Alice Springs…

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MACKLIN, Jenny

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MACLEAN, Catherine

MACLEAN, Joan

Born 23/12/1909, Died 5/2003

Also known as: née Alborough

1939-1940 - Australian Inland Mission (A.I.M.) nurse at Marble Bar Hospital, Western Australia. Joan, with husband Bill and three children moved to Tennant Creek in the late…

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MACMULLIN, Diana

Southern Regional Manager, Chamber of Commerce.

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MACNAMARA, Annie Jean

Born 1/4/1899, Died 13/10/1968

Also known as: Jean, Jean Connor

First woman Resident Medical Officer at Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne. In May 1923 Jean, with high recommendations, was appointed resident at the (Royal) Children's…

MACPHERSON, Christina Rutherford

Born 19/06/1864, Died 27/03/1936

Also known as: McPherson

Christina McPherson played the zither/autoharp. Banjo Paterson heard her play her recollection of the Craigielee March she had heard at Warnambool. While Christina played, he wrote…

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MACRAE, Elizabeth

Pioneer woman farmer/drover in Western Australia and South Australia.

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MADDIGAN, Judy

MADDOCK, Sarah

Born 29/10/1860, Died 9/9/1955

Also known as: née Porter, Mrs E.A. Maddock

1893 - First Australian woman to achieve a long distance cycle ride from Sydney to bega.
1894 - First woman to cycle from Sydney to Melbourne.

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MADILL, Berna Jean

Born 30/12/1923

One of Australia's first female gynaecologists and obstetricians. 1960 - Completed medical studies, Melbourne University.Worked at McBrides Hospital for Women and Alice Springs…

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MAGAREY, Susan

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MAGEE, Mary

MAHONY, Kathleen Mary

Born 8/1/1908, Died 30/04/2003

Also known as: née O’Shea, Kath

Pioneer as policeman's wife at Roper River, Lake Nash, Arltunga, and Anthony's Lagoon. Managers of Larrimah Hotel, Northern Territory (owned by O'Shea family -…

MAHOOD, Marie

Died 03/2009

Co-founder, with husband, of property “Mongrel Downs” Northern Territory near Western Australian border in Tanami Desert.
Journalist.
Author of “Bleating Around The Bush,” “Still…

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MAIXNER, Wirginia June

Born 28/6/1963

2007 - Performed the first auditory brainstem implant on a child in Australasia.
2009 - Separation of conjoined twins. 1986 - Graduated University of Sydney's School of Medicine,…

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MALE, Norma

MANFIELD, Alice Maud

Born 9/9/1878, Died 14/7/1960

Also known as: née Manfield

Pioneer of Mt Buffalo district.
“Guide Alice” conducted guided tours in Mt Buffalo National Park.

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MANION, Margaret

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MANN, Ida Caroline

Born 6/2/1893, Died 19/11/1983

Also known as: née Mann, Caroline Gye (pseudonym), Ida Gye (married name)

1949 - First person to diagnose Trachoma epidemic in Indigenous population in the Kimberley area of Western Australia.

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MANNING, Eleanor

Born 21/3/1906, Died 21/11/1986

1959 - Appointed an Officer to the Order of the British Empire, services as Chief Commissioner of the Girl Guides Association of Australia. Pioneer in Girl Guides.1955-1962 - Girl…

MANTHORPE, Nan

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MARAWARR, Susan

Born 1967

Aboriginal printmaker, sculptor, weaver and bark painter; exhibited throughout Australia, toured USA, with exhibition in 2001. Her work is held in many national collections including…

MARINAN, Mary

Born 1853, Died 1938

Also known as: née Ryan, Married name of MARRINAN later spelled MARINAN.

Pioneer in Cootamundra/Wallendbeen Districts, New South Wales.

MARKS, Elizabeth Nesta

Born 28/4/1918, Died 25/10/2002

Also known as: Pat, Patricia

An Australian entomologist who described 38 new mosquito species, as well as new species of fruit flies, bugs, cockroaches, and ticks. 1938 - Bachelor of Science in Zoology, University…

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MARKWELL, Pauline

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MARLES, Fay Surtees

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MARONEY, Susan Jean

Born 15/11/1974

Also known as: Susie

1989 - She became the youngest person and fastest Australian to swim the English Channel.
1991 - She was the fastest person to complete a return swim across the Channel.
1991, 1992,…

MARSHALL, Ann

Born 27/12/1909, Died 7/3/2001

Also known as: née Nichols

1940-50 - Instrumental in establishing Geography Department at the University of Adelaide.
1940 - Part-time lecturer in Geography Department.
1951 - Full-time appointment.
1958 - The…

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MARSHALL, Loma

Born 1928

Pioneer drover between New South Wales and Victoria on Cobb Highway.

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MARSHALL, Marilynne

First woman in the Commonwealth to become an Ammunition Technical/Bomb Disposal Officer. Marilynne and French Canadian female officer Lena Sirois were the first two women in the…